A Curious Beginning is the first book in a charming cozy mystery series set in London circa 1887 featuring lady detective and adventuress, Veronica Speedwell. Veronica refuses to conform to Victorian society’s ideal image of a moral, domestic, and virtuous woman. She’s a feisty, outspoken, and independent feminist who self-educated to become a natural historian and lepidopterist (someone who studies butterflies and moths), publishes scientific papers, travels solo, smokes, drinks, is an expert in self-defe
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Natalie Wolf has won our writing contest on the theme Humanity with her story "A Study on the Nature of Companionship."
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Ashley Huber has won our writing contest on the theme Humanity with her story "Irreverence Justified."
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Katie Boord has won our writing contest on the theme Humanity with her poem "Liquor Store."
Katie Boord is from Prairie Village, KS. She works in a geology lab by day, and sings in an indie rock band by night. You can find more of her writing on her Substack, Backyard Notes.
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Annie Newcomer has won our writing contest on the theme The Reluctant I with her poem "Gray Cat In Ephesus."
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Morgan Schneebeli has won our writing contest on the theme The Reluctant I with her short story "An Occurrence at the Cafe."
Writing a research paper can induce panic in even the most lion-hearted student. You need a topic and tentative idea of how you want to develop it. Then you need primary and secondary sources to support and build upon your topic. I discussed options for primary sources in a previous review. This review will discuss options for secondary sources. You cannot just use any website. Wikipedia—the much-loved free online encyclopedia— is forbidden by educators from appearing in your Works Cited page due to its unreliable creditability.
In his second standalone novel after the award-winning debut Avenue of Champions, published in 2021, Conor Kerr once again presents the lives of Métis people in Edmonton, Alberta: his own home town. Of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry with roots dating back to the early years of fur trading on this continent, the Métis are one of three Indigenous groups recognized in Canada’s constitution.
Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Cody Shrum has won our writing contest on the theme The Reluctant I with his poem "Catfishing the Elk City Reservoir, ft. Bugs."
The Summer Book by Töve Jansson is on its way to our shelves. This is a new-to-us old novel: a Scandinavian classic about a grandmother and her six-year-old granddaughter summering on a tiny island in the Finnish Archipelago, a cluster of more than 40,000 islands in the Baltic Sea.
